ERIC OLSON

AP Sports Writer

Caglianone makes up for short outing with record HR in Florida’s 5-4 CWS win over NC State

Two-way star Jac Caglianone broke the Florida single-season home run record to give his team the lead an inning after he struggled on the mound and got pulled, and the Gators eliminated North Carolina State from the College World Series with a 5-4 victory.

Kavares Tears’ 3-run HR gets No. 1 Vols going in 6-1 win over North Carolina at College World Series

Kavares Tears and Reese Chapman homered, Drew Beam limited North Carolina to one hit over five shutout innings, and Tennessee took control of its bracket at the College World Series with a 6-1 win.

Ferrer homers twice and Dorsey is nails again as Seminoles knock Virginia out of CWS with a 7-3 win

Jaime Ferrer hit two homers, Carson Dorsey turned in a third straight strong start, and Florida State stayed alive in the College World Series with a 7-3 win over Virginia.

LaViolette robs Florida of homer in 9th to preserve Texas A&M’s 3-2 College World Series win

Jace LaViolette robbed Cade Kurland of a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning, Justin Lamkin and two relievers struck out 16 and Texas A&M held off Florida 3-2 in a weather-delayed College World Series opener that ended early Sunday.

Daly’s homer lets Kentucky celebrate 5-4, 10-inning walk-off win in its College World Series debut

Mitchell Daly homered in the bottom of the 10th inning to give Kentucky a 5-4 win over North Carolina State. It was the third straight College World Series game to end in walk-off fashion.

Moore first to hit for cycle at CWS since 1956; Dreiling’s hit in 9th gives Vols 12-11 walk-off win

Dylan Dreiling’s single into the left-center gap drove in the go-ahead run in the bottom of the ninth inning and Tennessee rallied to beat Florida State 12-11, capping a night when Christian Moore became the first player in 68 years to hit for the cycle at the College World Series.

Vance Honeycutt’s 9th-inning hit gives Tar Heels another last at-bat win, 3-2 over Virginia at CWS

Vance Honeycutt’s single drove in Jackson Van De Brake from third with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, and North Carolina pulled out yet another win in its last at-bat, a 3-2 walk-off victory over Virginia in the College World Series opener.

FILE - Virginia infielder Ethan Anderson (23) celebrates his home run with Griff O'Ferrall (6) against TCU in the seventh inning in a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., Sunday, June 18, 2023. Virginia, Tennessee and Florida are playing in the College World Series for the second straight year, and each brought back the majority of their lineups.(AP Photo/John Peterson, File)

Virginia, Tennessee, Florida expect experience from ’23 College World Series to provide an edge

The game’s the same. It’s what happens away from the field and how players deal with it that can affect how long a team sticks around at the College World Series.

FILE - North Carolina State pitching coach Clint Chrysler, third from left, speaks with pitcher Dalton Feeney (19) during a meeting on the mound in the eighth inning against Vanderbilt during a baseball game in the College World Series Friday, June 25, 2021, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. No return trip to the College World Series was ever promised when the 2021 Wolfpack were sent home by the NCAA amid a COVID-19 outbreak on the team. Four players from that team have made it back, and they're savoring every moment. The Wolfpack play Kentucky in their opener Saturday. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

NC State wants to make happier memories in return to CWS after COVID-19 brought abrupt end in 2021

Four players are back from the 2021 North Carolina State team that was sent home from the College World Series because of a COVID-19 outbreak. The Wolfpack play Kentucky in their opener Saturday.

Florida State's Daniel Cantu, right, celebrates his solo home run with Alex Lodise (1), and Drew Faurot during an NCAA college regional tournament baseball game against Stetson on Friday, May 31, 2024 in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field

The College World Series opens Friday at Charles Schwab Field and, for the first time since the event expanded to eight teams in 1950, only two conferences will be represented on the college game’s biggest stage.

Breaking down the teams playing for national championship at the College World Series

The College World Series begins its annual run in Omaha, Nebraska, this week. It opens Friday with an all-ACC matchup between North Carolina and Virginia in the afternoon and Tennessee of the SEC playing Florida State of the ACC at night.

Wins by Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida and A&M mean it’ll be only SEC and ACC at College World Series

Kentucky finally made it to a College World Series, and the Wildcats will be joined by at least three other Southeastern Conference teams on college baseball’s biggest stage.

ACC’s Florida St., Virginia and N. Carolina first 3 in College World Series; Evansville still alive

Florida State, Virginia and North Carolina swept their NCAA super regionals and are the first teams in the College World Series.

Tennessee's Hunter Ensley (9) hits a home run against Evansville during the seventh inning of an NCAA college baseball tournament super regional game Friday, June 7, 2024, in Knoxville, Tenn. (Scott Keller/The Daily Times via AP)

No. 1 Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State win their NCAA super regional openers

No. 1 national seed Tennessee moved within one win of a third College World Series appearance in four years. But North Carolina, Virginia and Florida State turned in the most eye-opening performances on the first day of NCAA super regionals.

Texas A&M outfielder Hayden Schott (5) celebrates a solo home run against Louisiana during the fifth inning of the Bryan-College Station Regional NCAA baseball game, Sunday, June 2, 2024, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP)

Batter up! Things to know as NCAA baseball tournament enters super regionals

The NCAA baseball tournament moves to the best-of-three super regionals this weekend. Series starting Friday have Evansville at No. 1 national seed Tennessee, UConn at No. 8 Florida State, Kansas State at No. 12 Virginia and West Virginia at No. 4 North Carolina.

Coming up Aces: Evansville wins regional and advances with N. Carolina, UConn, Florida, Oregon St.

Those pesky Purple Aces of Evansville earned their first NCAA regional title, and their reward is a weekend trip to No. 1 national seed Tennessee for the next round. They weren’t concerned about what’s next.

No. 1 Tennessee heads group of 4 SEC teams locking up NCAA regional titles; ACC also advances 4

Four teams from the Southeastern Conference, including No. 1 national seed Tennessee, and four from the Atlantic Coast Conference won regionals in the NCAA Tournament and will take the next step in their bids to reach the College World Series.

No. 13 Arizona 1st national seed out of NCAA baseball regionals and Evansville win away from supers

The Tucson Regional was widely considered the toughest of the 16 in the NCAA Tournament and host Arizona found out just how tough, becoming the first national seed eliminated.

No. 4 regional seeds Grand Canyon and Evansville post biggest upsets on first day of NCAA regionals

Grand Canyon and Evansville put two national seeds on the brink of elimination from the NCAA regionals.

FILE - LSU celebrates after defeating Florida 18-4 in Game 3 to win the NCAA College World Series baseball final in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 26, 2023. The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday, May 31, 2024, with play in 16 double-elimination regionals.(AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

Play ball! Things to know entering the NCAA baseball regionals

The NCAA baseball tournament opens Friday with play in 16 double-elimination regionals. There are a number of storylines to follow. Tennessee is the No. 1 national seed. There hasn’t been a No. 1 seed win the championship since Miami in 1999.

FILE - Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello coaches against Stanford in a baseball game at the NCAA College World Series in Omaha, Neb., on Monday, June 19, 2023. Tennessee, the consensus No. 1 team in the country for a month and the only team in the country to win 50 games three of the last four years, on Monday was named the top national seed for the NCAA Tournament. The 64-team tournament opens Friday in 16 double-elimination regionals. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz, File)

Tennessee earns No. 1 national seed for NCAA baseball tournament after sweeping SEC titles

Southeastern Conference regular-season and tournament champion Tennessee is the No. 1 national seed for the NCAA baseball tournament. The 64-team event opens with 16 regionals Friday. Winners advance to eight best-of-three super regionals.

FILE - Tony Petitti speaks to the media as he's introduced as the commissioner of the Big Ten, April 28, 2023, in Rosemont, Ill. The NCAA and the nation's five biggest conferences have agreed to pay nearly $2.8 billion to settle a host of antitrust claims,a monumental decision that sets the stage for a groundbreaking revenue-sharing model that could start directing millions of dollars directly to athletes as soon as the 2025 fall semester. (AP Photo/David Banks, File)

Big Ten and SEC are again the top conferences in revenue with athlete pay plan on horizon

The Big Ten held a narrow edge over the Southeastern Conference in revenue for the second straight year and the Atlantic Coast Conference again ranked a distant third among the major conferences.

FILE - Members of the UConn women's rowing team rally about being cut by the university after the season, in Storrs, Conn., April 19, 2021. The looming athlete pay system that will upend the traditional college sports model and still-to-be-determined details about how millions of dollars will be distributed are certain to bring questions about gender equity. Of special interest will be whether schools must comply with Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in any school or education program that receives federal funds. (Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant via AP, File)

With college athletes on cusp of revenue-sharing, there are Title IX questions that must be answered --- Test 2

The athlete pay system looming for college sports will bring questions about Title IX, the federal law that prohibits sex discrimination for schools that receive federal funds.

FILE - Georgia outfielder Charlie Condon (24) watches his hit during an NCAA college baseball game Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024, in Athens, Ga. The field for the NCAA baseball tournament will take shape this week with conference tournaments determining most of the 30 automatic qualifiers. (AP Photo/Jason Allen, File)

College baseball notebook: Conference tournaments to decide NCAA automatic bids and many at-larges

FILE - Robert Allenby, of Australia, talks to the media at a practice round for the Phoenix Open golf tournament, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. Scottie Scheffler's arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville will go down as one of the most shocking in professional golf history. It certainly wasn't the first, though. Allenby was arrested outside of a casino in Rock Island, Illinois, hours after he missed the cut in the 2016 John Deere Classic. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri, File)

Scottie Scheffler isn’t the first pro golfer to be arrested during a tournament

Scottie Scheffler’s arrest hours before his second-round tee time at the PGA Championship in Louisville will go down as one of the most shocking in pro golf history. It certainly wasn’t the first, though.

FILE - Iowa head coach Lisa Bluder, left, stands with associate head coach Jan Jensen, right, before an NCAA college basketball game against Nebraska, Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Bluder announced Monday, May 13, 2024, she is retiring after leading the Hawkeyes for 24 seasons. Jensen, longtime assistant to Bluder, was named the new head coach of the Iowa women's basketball team. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Lisa Bluder retires after Clark-led Iowa teams reach past 2 NCAA title games. Jensen named successor

Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder is retiring after 24 years of leading the Hawkeyes and her longtime assistant Jan Jensen has been selected as her successor.

FILE - Oklahoma's John Spikerman (8) runs to third during an NCAA college baseball game against Tennessee Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. Oklahoma clinched its first Big 12 regular-season championship with a three-game sweep of Baylor over the weekend. Leadoff man John Spikerman, who missed five weeks following hand surgery, is batting .407 after going 12 for his last 19.(AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)

College baseball notebook: Sooners’ regular-season conference title is their first since 1995

Oklahoma has broken through for its first regular-season baseball championship in the Big 12. The Sooners swept Baylor for the program’s first regular-season title since 1995, when they were in the old Big Eight.

FILE - LSU head coach Jay Johnson stands in the dugout before the first pitch against Texas A&M in an NCAA college baseball game, Friday, May 3, 2024, at Alex Box Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament. (Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate via AP, File)

Defending national champion LSU boosts its postseason hopes with series win against Texas A&M

With two weeks left in the regular season, LSU is scrambling to avoid becoming the third straight defending national champion to miss the NCAA Tournament.

FILE - Fans fill Jack Trice Stadium as Iowa State takes on Northern Iowa during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 2, 2023, in Ames, Iowa. An Iowa criminal investigator suggested to colleagues last year that busting college athletes for online sports betting would impress the public and “the powers that be” and also nudge the state legislature toward updating gambling laws. Five starters on the Iowa State football team and a number of Iowa football and basketball players were among athletes criminally charged or suspended by the NCAA. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney, File)

Iowa investigator’s email says athlete gambling sting was a chance to impress higher-ups and public

An Iowa criminal investigator suggested to colleagues last year that busting college athletes for online sports betting would impress the public and the powers that be.

FILE -Texas A&M head coach Jim Schlossnagle watches warm-ups before an NCAA baseball game against Florida on Saturday, March 16, 2024, in Gainesville, Fla. A social media video of Georgia's Christian Mracna's activity in the bullpen and during a dominant performance on the mound in a game on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at top-ranked Texas A&M has led Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle to suspect the pitcher was putting a foreign substance on the ball in violation of the rules.(AP Photo/Gary McCullough, File)

Videos of Georgia pitcher before and during his dominant outing leads A&M coach to suspect cheating

Videos showing Georgia’s Christian Mracna’s activity in the bullpen and during a dominant performance in a game at top-ranked Texas A&M has led Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle to tell The Associated Press he suspects the pitcher was putting a foreign substance on the ball.